At the end of next week, I am lucky enough to be going to Munich for a conference. As one does in these situations unless they are making poor decisions in life, I am staying a few extra days, heading from Munich to Salzburg and...
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Stuff that you couldn't make up:The successor of the Austrian far-right leader Jörg Haider was dismissed yesterday after he revealed a “special” relationship “far beyond” friendship with his former mentor.In.
This, for lack of a better phrase, is some disturbingly fucked up shit.
The earliest known ancestor of House Habsburg is a figure known as Guntram the Rich, who lived in 10th century Germany. Guntram's grandson, Radbot, built Habsburg Castle in what is now the Swiss town of Aargau. Radbot's son, Werner, used the title "Count of Habsburg"...